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The GOP needs help, immediately

On Wednesday, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives nominating Kevin McCarthy for the speakership yet again, tried to spin the matter by reminding people that “democracy is messy.“Democracy is messy by design,” said WisconsinĢƵ Mike Gallagher. “And thatĢƵ a ...

Let’s base policy on real facts, not misleading statistics

From all those lists of best books of 2022, hereĢƵ one with the potential to change public policy debate and discourse for the better. ItĢƵ “The Myth of American Inequality,” and the three authors are two Ph.D. economists, former Sen. Phil Gramm and his long-ago Texas A&M ...

OP-ED: Pickleball has conquered America

Normally, new cultural phenomena are the invention of the young. Popular music, fashion, successful restaurants and celebrity are all determined by what those under 30 say they are. Baby boomers, once the darlings of advertisers, have now been relegated to the AARP Magazine. Moreover, if you ...

EDITORIAL: Taking steps to reduce recidivism

The scene played out at least a couple of times in all those tough-as-nails crime thrillers Hollywood pumped out in the 1930s and 1940s.An inmate leaves "the big house" after serving his time. Once he hops on a bus, a suitcase in his hand and a few bucks in his pocket, the rest of the movie ...

OP-ED: TikTok needs to leave these shores

<div class="container-fluid"><div id="article-show-header" class="row"><div id="article-show-left" class="col-sm-10 col-md-6 col-md-offset-2"><p class="article-title">I've wiled away the half-hours on TikTok, time I'll never get back. I ...

For malls, it’s a time of reinvention

Nostalgia is as much a part of Christmas as eggnog, stockings hung by the fireplace and Burl Ives singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”But, for most of us, the seasonal nostalgia does not include images of carolers in a town square, horse-drawn sleighs gliding across a snowy landscape ...